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Elvis Presley
He changed how people thought about music. He combined several music types. He did untraditional dance moves. He affected many peoples lives https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-8QuIjQ7hE -
Klu Klux Klan
A white group that believed they were superior. They killed minorities. Wore all white and covered their faces they were very violent. https://www.history.com/topics/ku-klux-klan -
Vietnam war
The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong,he divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXJR_Ok-QbA -
Hippie Movement
A hippie is a member of a counterculture they were young adults. They did not believe in war. Were very peaceful people. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vm6DvlZ2O20 -
Desegregation of University of Alabama
President Kennedy federalized National Guard troops and deployed them to the University of Alabama to force its desegregation. Governor yielded to the federal pressure, and two African American students successfully enrolled. In September of the same year, Wallace again attempted to block the desegregation of an Alabama public school but Kennedy employed his executive authority and federalized troops. Wallace had little choice but to yield.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WbLGlIzW88 -
President JFK assassination
John F. Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States, was assassinated on Friday, November 22, 1963, at 12:30 p.m. in Dallas, Texas, while riding in a presidential motorcade in Dealey Plaza https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzYwCmDDSLA -
Black Panther Party
A group of violent civil rights activist. he Panthers eventually developed into a Marxist revolutionary group that called for the arming of all African Americans, the exemption of African Americans from the draft https://www.britannica.com/topic/Black-Panther-Party -
Moon Landing
The United States' Apollo 11 was the first manned mission to land on the Moon, . There have been six manned U.S. landings
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Aids
Aids killed thousands of people in the 1950-1980. Many people did not know they had it. Aids was transmitted through dirty needles and many other things. -
Smiley Face
Forrest Gump wipes his muddy face on a T-shirt and the movie shows a smiley face on the T-shirt. It became a famous and very popular symbol in the United States. Smiley face was invented to show a stylized representation of a smiling human face. It is also attributed with the quote. http://forestgumpapush.weebly.com/historical-references-in-the-movie.html -
Ping Pong Diplomacy
. This is a clear parallel to the term Ping Pong Diplomacy which was used between the Americans and the Chinese.o He then is forced to take the Chinese team buss where he talks with Zhuang Zhedong through an interpreter. Soon after it was agreed that the American table tennis team would also be used for foreign affairs by playing with members of the Chinese team. This soon became known as Ping Pong Diplomacy.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfMRq2Of_Qw -
Nixon resigns
the Watergate scandal escalated, costing Nixon much of his political support. On August 9, 1974, he resigned in the face of almost certain impeachment and removal from office. After his resignation, he was issued a controversial pardon by his successor, Gerald Ford. -
Hurricane Carmen
The most intense tropical cyclone of the 1974 Atlantic hurricane season. A destructive and widespread storm, Carmen originated as a tropical disturbance that emerged from Africa toward the end of August. The disturbance traveled westward, spawning a tropical depression east of the Lesser Antilles on August 29. The storm moved through the Caribbean Sea, and in an environment conducive to intensification, it quickly strengthened to its initial peak intensity as a Category 4 hurricane -
John Lennon
o English musician who gained worldwide fame as one of the members of the Beatles. Solo career, and for his political activism and pacifism. He was shot and murdered
